Experts believe that the plastics industry may be working behind the scenes to throw implementation of the law off course before it has a chance to get going. On Jan. 1, polystyrene packaging ...

A ban on sales of styrofoam products used in food service was supposed to have taken effect Jan. 1, but California hasn’t taken steps to enforce it. CalRecycle, the state agency tasked with ...

In a nutshell Nanoplastics may disrupt metabolism and liver function: Ingesting tiny plastic particles led to glucose ...

State Sen. Laura Fine, a Democrat from Glenview who’s sponsoring the foam container bill, said there are alternatives to polystyrene and plastic bags and that the measures are necessary “to ...

Not many people are aware of how dangerous this non-biodegradable plastic can be. Polystyrene (PS) is created by mixing ethylene and benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride. This creates ...

AUGUSTA — Maine has delayed for the second time a full phaseout of polystyrene foam food containers.

Mice exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics developed problems in their guts and livers. It’s not yet clear if humans are similarly affected.

Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ...

The expanded polystyrene ban is part of a single-use plastic law, Senate Bill 54, that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in 2022 but bailed on earlier this month.